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Set the visibility for each item in your personal data, including other names by which you are known, country, keywords, website links, and identifiers from other systems. You can also choose the order of items displayed in each section, as well as see when the data was added and by whom. Individuals have sole control over the visibility settings of all data on their records

What is ORCID?

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an initiative to build an open, non-profit and community-based registry of unique researcher identifiers. Unique researcher identifiers help your friends (and enemies), institutions (such as your current and future employers) and funding agencies link your research activities and outputs to you, and distinguish them from those of others who have similar names. With ORCID becoming integrated with an increasing number of assessment tools and application systems, getting your unique identifier through ORCID can, in the future, save you from the frustration of entering the same information over and over again. ORCID is expanding across disciplines and national boundaries, too, and your ORCID account is tied to you, not to your institutional affiliation, so you can take it with you anywhere.

Individual scholars should sign up for a free account in the ORCID Registry; this takes about 30 seconds. Once registered, you can manage the record of your career, publications and activities. More information.